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Bruce Lee


Christian Estrada March
22, 1996 Literature-07
Biography Report


Introduction

Bruce Lee was born in the Chinese year of the dragon, in the hour of the
dragon on November 27, 1940. From the beginning, it was obvious he was a
remarkable and unique child with tremendous energy. His mother named him Lee
Jun Fan, which meant "return again." She felt he would return to the United
States where he was born while his parents were on tour with the Cantonese opera.
A nurse suggested he be called Bruce as an American name for him.

Childhood

Bruce Lee was born in San Francisco at the Jackson Street Hospital in
Chinatown. When he and his family returned to Hong Kong in 1941, he was called
Sai Fon, which meant "small phoenix", a feminine name. Bruce had an older
brother who died as a baby. The Chinese blamed this on evil spirits or demons
who take the lives of male babies to destroy the family's name. So they dressed
Bruce in little girls clothing and......

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